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Read More →During this week’s session, the Year Six children caught up with the progress achieved by the previous school groups: raising the six main uprights for the rainwater catchment build, having set the posts in concrete (see earlier Updates below in this blog). Spot the socket wrench What was the next job?Making the roof trusses to support the roof […]
Read More →We hosted this meeting with the Furzedown Low Carbon Zone on Wednesday 27th November. Giles from http://www.thinkingworks.co.uk/ gave an interactive talk sponsored by the Citizens’ Advice Bureau. He focused on understanding our own energy supply bills, on the grants and support schemes currently available, and who is eligible, on the energy efficiency challenges in Furzedown’s housing stock, and […]
Read More →The Gatton School Community Garden project won a team award at the BATCA Community Heroes event held this evening at Jasmin’s nightclub in Tooting. Congratulations to nominees Chuck and Deputy Head Hoosen Randaree pictured above with Head Teacher Rifat Batool and their awards. Many thanks to everyone involved, especially the children!Some numbers about the project to date, since March 2013: Around 180 children […]
Read More →Even though the year is moving into winter, there’s six ‘new beginnings’ to share with you below. We hope to see you at these events – all welcome to come along and maybe try something new.. 1 On Tuesday 26th November we are starting to plan for the 2014 Tooting Foodival. Do join us and suggest some new […]
Read More →This week’s garden sessions with Gatton School saw two very different events. 60 Year 1 children went on a “Bear Hunt” set out by their teachers around the site, while a more regular group of 15 Year 6 children helped clear up autumn leaves, tidy up some beds for compost and continued with the Big […]
Read More →TTT likes to mix the global with the local where possible and in the last week, working with the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), we have sent a copy of CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain report, via our helpful local MP Sadiq Khan, to every member of the shadow cabinet. The parcels were tied up with […]
Read More →One of the outdoor learning projects we are carrying out with Gatton School’s Year Six class is helping to build our combined rainwater catchment, shelter, suntrap, & garden bower in the Community Garden, between now and Christmas. Every week we’ll make progress, and share it here.Last week we cleared the site and dug the post holes.Yesterday […]
Read More →Our latest email has been sent out to subscribers – we hope it’s an enjoyable read (yes there is a lot there!). If you don’t receive it and would like to read a copy, please click here. Helena and Poppy: you wrote in and asked to be added to the list. I wrote back to you […]
Read More →Gatton School, located near Tooting Broadway, have been coming to the Community Garden every week since March as part of their Outdoor Learning programme. At the moment we have Year One and Year Six staff and children taking part, alongside TTT volunteers.Between now and the end of term in December, we are running two projects: the […]
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